June 22, 2021

Covid-19 infection rate higher in slum areas, finds icddr,b study

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 22 June, 2021   Covid-19 infection rate is higher in the slum areas, finds a study. Around 72 percent people […]
April 24, 2021

Lockdown makes job prospects bleak

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 24 Apr 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has already badly hampered employment in government and the private sector. Many recruitment examinations […]
April 12, 2021

Future bright as global economy rebounds

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 12 Apr 2021 Despite a difficult struggle against the Cobid-19 pandemic, the advanced economies are recovering faster-than-projected pace and successes […]
March 8, 2021

From ruin to revival

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 8 Mar 2020 A year ago on this day the government confirmed the maiden positive case of the coronavirus disease […]
January 21, 2021

Gift from India: 20 lakh doses of Covishield formally handed over to Bangladesh

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 21 January, 2021   India has formally handed over 20 lakh doses of Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum […]
January 13, 2021

Beximco Pharma could start private sales of AstraZeneca vaccine next month: Reuters

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 13 January, 2021   Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals will buy up to three million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum […]
December 11, 2020

When inequality is high, pandemics can fuel social unrest

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 11 Dec 2020 Indeed, pandemics can set off a vicious cycle of economic despair, inequality, and social unrest. Using econometric […]
December 4, 2020

Covid-19 and the crisis of spitting in public

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 4 Dec 2020 Can you imagine being fined for spitting publicly in Bangladesh? Sounds weird? But it is a de […]
November 30, 2020

New symptoms appear in Covid patients

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 30 November, 2020   Doctors say Covid patients with typical symptoms such as fever, loss of smell declining as they […]